The Dutch Future Society aims to provide a platform for all those who are involved with the future, including businesses and other organisations. Please do let us know about any interesting event or meeting that you would like te see featured on our event calendar by sending an email to info@dutchfuturesociety.nl, so that we can better share the knowledge and experience of our field!

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RoboValley invites you to the largest science expo of the Netherlands: the TU Delft Research Exhibition, which will be held on 6, 7 and 8 June. During the exhibition, several projects from TU Delft Robotics Institute researchers will be on display. Amongst those projects are: Guido de Croon shows MAVLab's research about autonomous exploration with pocket drones. Heike Vallery presents her research on lightweight powered knee prostheses. Koen Hindriks brings his RoboTutor for a demo on interactive robots. The Zebro team…

The centre of expertise Open Time and M HKA (Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) are collaborating on an exceptional three day conference linked to M HKA's 2017 summer exhibition ‘A Temporary Futures Institute’. Taking cues from futurists and artist from different local and global contexts, DDT looks at how futures are designed, developed and transformed. The event will host academic and professional futurists from the global North and South as well as artists and designers, professionals from development (cooperation),…

For the sixteenth time now, the 2b AHEAD ThinkTank’s annual Future Congress will be held again in June in Wolfsburg, Germany. In 2017, the 2b AHEAD Future Congress will again rank among the most attractive business events of the European innovation scene. For the last 16 years, 300 top personalities have gathered each year at our invitation to discuss the future of business. Our guests include national and international CEOs and innovation leaders from a wide range of industries, as…

You are invited to join Unlocking Foresight and Atkins Global in the third Insights Webinar Programme! In "Navigating the future Scenarios for Europe 2030" – Francesca Lagerberg will discuss how Grant Thornton uses horizon scanning and scenario planning to help their clients and themselves plan for uncertainty in Europe leading up to 2030. Francesca is a partner in Grant Thornton UK LLP and is seconded to Grant Thornton International Ltd, where she sits on the Global Leadership Team. She has worked…

The Second International Conference on Anticipation (November 8-10, 2017 - London) provides an interdisciplinary meeting ground in which researchers, scholars and practitioners who are seeking to understand anticipation and anticipatory practices can come together to deepen their understanding and create productive new connections. To that purpose a call for papers has now been opened. Another great opportunity to share your ideas, visions and techniques with fellow futurists. Here are some of the suggested subjects: How do we understand anticipatory differences?…

Next Nature Academy Workshops Several dates, first is January 17 @ Amsterdam Next Nature Network is introducing their Academy. Their courses will introduce you to an inspiring new vision of a future in which biology and technology are merging. They offer you the special Next Nature philosophy, methods and tools and to better anticipate change, improve your future literacy and put this into practice. There is an 1-day crash course and a 3-day intermediate level course. Language: English Book the workshop For more…